SANTA ROSA BEACH — A school bus carrying 14 children backed into another vehicle after missing a child's stop Tuesday morning.According to a press release from Florida Highway Patrol, 76-year-old Judith A. Creech was making stops on Chat Holley Road around 7 a.m. Tuesday with 14 children on board.A 2016 Nissan Altima driven by 31-year-old Cynthia Valdes Alverado of Santa Rosa Beach came to a stop behind the bus. Creech told FHP she had missed a stop for a student and [...]

FORT WALTON BEACH — Proceeds from the sale of a vacant city lot to Whataburger Real Estate LLC will be used to help pay down the debt on the Fort Walton Beach Recreation Center, City Manager Michael Beedie said.The 0.67-acre lot at 25 Miracle Strip Parkway S.W. stands immediately west of a Whataburger restaurant and was used for a gas station decades ago.Last week, the City Council approved [...]

DESTIN — If the apple tree from Shel Silverstein’s famous children’s book "The Giving Tree" had attended Wednesday afternoon’s Q&A session at City Hall, Silverstein’s line "And the tree was happy" would ring true.The majority of the [...]

Early morning incident at #31 H Alder Avenue SE has left local man hospitalized following surgery.

"Some will say, 'we don't care, we want him put to death. An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' They will want retribution."

Commercial airplane was brought back into service only months ago after being grounded for seven years

"It's a great way for citizens to see how we work, what we do and how we do it."

"We primarily rescue cats, but we decided to help because the pigs needed us and animal control wasn't having any luck."

It won't be decided anytime soon. His prosecution will likely take years. Police said Nikolas Cruz confessed, and they have his AR-15 rifle, ammunition clips and video from the school

17-year-old from Lithonia, Ga., succumbed to injuries Saturday night at Bay Medical Sacred Heart.